Egg cushion



Dec. 21 1926. 1,611,411

- R. w. BURROWS EGG CUSHION Filed May 10. 1926 TTORNEY Patented Dec. 21, '1926.

- ROBERT W. BURROWS, OF PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA.

EGG CUSHION.

Application filed May 10, 1926. Serial No. 107,879.

The present invention relates to egg carriers and more particularly to an improved cushioning flat and filler designed to separate the horizontal layers of eggs within a carrier and on the cushions of which are adapted to rest the positioned eggs, such cushioned flat and filler being designed and arranged'to reduce breakage of the eggs to a minimum while in the carrier.

A further object of the invention is to provide an egg flat, the cushioning or upper surface of which is formed from a separate sheet, scored, cut and bent to afford cushi oning members separated by grooves or channels in which are received the lower edges of the interlocked strips forming separating means, and dividing the layer into individual egg pockets.

A further object is to provide a scored, cut and folded sheet of a type which may be adhesively secured to the top surface of a supportingbase or sheet, enabling the top sheet to be formed prior to its attachment to its supporting sheet, whereby the cost of manufacture will be comparatively low. a

A further object is to provide a cushioned fiat wherein an individual cushioning member is provided for each egg, certain opposing sides of the cushioning members being integral with the sheet from which the cushion is formed and affording an integral support therefor; certain other side members being integral with the cushion mem her and adapted to contact with and rest on the lower sheet, thereby affording a peripheral support for the cushioning member.

With the above mentioned and ether objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in'the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construc-v tion within the scope-of the claim may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

To comprehend the invention, reference is directed to the accompanying drawings,

wherein- V Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of an egg carrier provided with the preferred embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan" view of a same.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional perspec tive view of part of the preferred embodiment of my invention.

Figure 4: is a detailed plan View of one of the cushions in Figure 2. j

In the drawings wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding partsA indicates 'a crate or box,,of the usual construction, B the cushioned flat and C the filler for ositioning between adjacent flat-s for provi ing individual egg cells arranged in tiers and in rows disposed at'right angles to each other. Each fiat consists of a layer separating sheet 1 and a surface sheet 2 secured to the upper surface thereof. Said surface sheet 2 prior to being positioned to overlie the sheet 1, is provided with parallel spaced groups of parallel score lines 3 and 4, and is further provided with parallel cuts 5 disposed at right angles to the groups of score lines 3 and 4 to provide between them a rectangular portion 6, hereinafter referred to as a platform.

Each cut 5 is flanged on each side by a score line 7 of a length corresponding to the distance between the score lines 4 at pposite sides of any given platform .6.

The materialat the ends of the "score lines 7 is cut away forming a notch 8. After being cut and scored the surface sheet is bent on the score lines 3 and-4 in such manner as to cause the platforms 6 to be disposed all in the same plane .and offset above that portion of the. sheet lying between the scores 3 y of the respective groups.

The portions 9, one located at each opposite edge of the platform, disposed at right anglesto the portions provided by bendlng score lines 3 and 4 constitute flaps which are bent downwardly, as in the drawings.

The surface sheet cut and bent as above described, is positioned to overlie the main sheet 1, and the portions of said surface sheet 2 lying betweenscore lines 3 of the rey spective groups, adhesively or otherwise secured to the upper surface of the sheet 1, provides a plurality of cushion supports arranged in parallel rows disposed at right angles to each other, the res ective platforms 6 of-which are peripheral y supported by the portions 9 and 10. The respective portions of the surface sheet lying parallel with the cuts and lying between the scores part of the v 3 afi'ord seats or grooves in which rest the lower edges of the respective interlocked strips 11, which provide the individual cells for the eggs, the base of each of which is formed by one of said platforms 6.

If desired. each platform may be formed centrally with an aperture 12 for receiving the butt or point of the egg and which aperture may be of any suitable size; if small, I prefer to cut a portion of the platform on lines 13 radiating from the aperture 12.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that a cushion is provided for each cell ;4 that the respective flats arereadily adapted for re use, and due to their two-part construction and the formation of the surface sheet prior to its attachnientwith its supporting sheet, the surface sheet is capable of being cheaply constructed and attached to the supporting slieet at very little cost.

- I claim,:--

An egg carrier consisting in part of an egg layer separating flat, a surface sheet'sccured thereto, said surface sheet provided with parallel spaced groups of parallel score lines and further provided with parallel cuts disposed at right angles to the groups of score lines, each out being flanked on each side by a score line, said surface sheet being bent on said parallel score lines and said surface sheet being further bent on said score lines, flanking said cuts to provide a plurality of cushioned supports arranged in parallel rows disposed at right angles to each other. with the upper platform forming surface in the same plane and spaced above the surface of the flat, said platforms each being provided with a recess andthe bent portions thereof flanking said cuts resting on the upper surface of the separating flat.

In" testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ROBERT W. BURROWS. 

